Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1994

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide special habeas corpus procedures in cases brought by prisoners in State custody subject to a capital sentence if a State establishes by rule of its court of last resort or by statute a mechanism for the appointment, compensation, and payment of reasonable fees and litigation expenses of competent counsel for such persons who are indigents charged with offenses for which capital punishment is sought or indigents who have been sentenced to death and who seek appellate or collateral review in State court or certiorari review in the U.S. Supreme Court. Requires a warrant or order setting an execution date for a State prisoner, upon the entry in the appropriate State court of record of an order apointing counsel, to be stayed upon application to any court that would have jurisdiction over any proceedings filed pursuant to pertinent provisions of the judicial code. Specifies conditions under which a stay shall expire. Denies a Federal court the authority to enter a stay of execution or grant relief in a capital case if any of such conditions are satisfied, unless: (1) the basis for the stay and request for rel…